Detailed Description
The whole material preparation process is described in detail by the following examples, but the scope of the claims of the present invention is not limited by these examples. Meanwhile, the embodiments only give some conditions for achieving the purpose, but do not mean that the conditions must be satisfied for achieving the purpose.
(1) Dissolving one or more than two metal cation salts and an alkaline precursor in an aqueous solution under stirring until the solution is clear and transparent, and ultrasonically dispersing silicon dioxide spheres in the solution;
(2) placing the dispersed solution in the step (1) in a round-bottom flask, and performing reflux treatment for 6-24 hours at 80-140 ℃ under stirring;
(3) washing the suspension obtained in the step (2) by using deionized water, centrifuging, and drying the sample in vacuum;
(4) placing the dried sample in the tube furnace, carrying out temperature programming to 500-1000 ℃ under the hydrogen-argon mixed atmosphere, introducing a carbon source at the temperature, keeping the flow rate at 10-500 mL/min, and keeping the flow rate for 5-60 minutes;
(5) treating the sample obtained in the step (4) in a hydrofluoric acid solution for 4-8 hours to remove the silicon dioxide template; then washing with water and ethanol respectively, and performing suction filtration until the solution is neutral;
(6) and (5) drying the sample to obtain the carbon-encapsulated metal nanoparticle material.
In the step (2), the preferable reflux temperature is 80-120 ℃, and the preferable reflux time is 10-20 hours;
in the step (3), the preferable vacuum drying temperature is 60-120 ℃, and the drying time is 6-12 hours;
in the step (4), the volume ratio of the hydrogen-argon mixed gas is preferably 20-50%, the treatment temperature is preferably 600-900 ℃, and the temperature rise rate of the programmed temperature rise is preferably 2-10 ℃/min; the time for introducing the carbon source is preferably 5-30 minutes; the flow rate of the introduced carbon source is preferably 60-200 mL/min;
in the step (6), the preferable drying temperature is 60-120 ℃, and the drying time is 6-12 hours;
the products of examples 1-12 of the invention were tested by the following instruments and methods:
the morphology of the products of examples 1-12 was characterized by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM);
the structural information of examples 3-6 was analyzed by X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD);
the hydrogen production performance by decomposing hydrogen sulfide of examples 1 to 6 was measured in an electrocatalytic hydrogen sulfide system.
Examples 1-3 are for modulating the metal or alloy species; examples 3-6 were prepared by adjusting the calcination temperature; examples 6-8 were prepared by adjusting the size of silica spheres; examples 9-12 are the modulation of the time for feeding the carbon source.
Example 1
1. 1.8g of urea and 3.6mmol of cobalt nitrate are dissolved in 100mL of deionized water under stirring until the solution is clear and transparent, 1.8g of silica spheres with the diameter of about 70nm are added, and the mixture is uniformly dispersed by ultrasonic.
2. Placing the dispersed solution of (1) in a round-bottom flask, carrying out reflux treatment at 100 ℃ for 12 hours under stirring, standing, cooling to room temperature, washing with water, centrifuging to obtain a precipitate, and drying in vacuum at 60 ℃ for 12 hours.
3. Placing the dried sample in the step (2) in a tube furnace in Ar: H2The temperature was raised to 600 ℃ with a 5 ℃/min program under a 3:1 atmosphere, and acetonitrile was bubbled with Ar at a flow rate of 60mL/min at this temperature for 15 min.
4. And (4) mechanically stirring the sample obtained in the step (3) in a 10% hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, treating for 6 hours at normal temperature, washing with water and ethanol respectively, and performing suction filtration until the solution is neutral.
5. And (5) drying the sample obtained in the step (4) at the temperature of 80 ℃ for 12h to obtain the carbon-encapsulated metal cobalt nanoparticles.
The transmission electron microscope of the material shows that the carbon-encapsulated cobalt nanoparticles are dispersed on the in-situ generated carbon nano-tubes; the high-resolution transmission electron microscope shows that the carbon layer is a single layer, and the particle size of the metal nano-particles is 4-6 nm; and the sample is magnetic.
Example 2
1. 1.8g of urea and 3.6mmol of nickel acetate are dissolved in 100mL of deionized water under stirring until the solution is clear and transparent, 1.8g of silica spheres with the diameter of about 70nm are added, and the mixture is uniformly dispersed by ultrasonic.
2. Placing the dispersed solution of (1) in a round-bottom flask, carrying out reflux treatment at 100 ℃ for 12 hours under stirring, standing, cooling to room temperature, washing with water, centrifuging to obtain a precipitate, and drying in vacuum at 60 ℃ for 12 hours.
3. Placing the dried sample in the step (2) in a tube furnace in Ar: H2The temperature was raised to 600 ℃ with a 5 ℃/min program under a 3:1 atmosphere, and acetonitrile was bubbled with Ar at a flow rate of 60mL/min at this temperature for 15 min.
4. And (4) mechanically stirring the sample obtained in the step (3) in a 10% hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, treating for 6 hours at normal temperature, washing with water and ethanol respectively, and performing suction filtration until the solution is neutral.
5. And (5) drying the sample obtained in the step (4) at the temperature of 80 ℃ for 12h to obtain the carbon-encapsulated metal cobalt nanoparticles.
The transmission electron microscope of the material shows that the carbon-encapsulated nickel nanoparticles are dispersed on the in-situ generated carbon nanotubes (see fig. 1 a); the carbon layer is a single layer, and the particle size of the metal nano-particles is 4-6nm (shown in figure 1b) as shown by a high-resolution transmission electron microscope; and the sample is magnetic.
Example 3
1. 1.8g of urea, 1.80mmol of cobalt nitrate and 1.80mmol of nickel acetate are dissolved in 100mL of deionized water with stirring until the solution is clear and transparent, 1.8g of silica spheres with a diameter of about 70nm are added, and the mixture is dispersed uniformly by ultrasonic.
2. Placing the dispersed solution of (1) in a round-bottom flask, carrying out reflux treatment at 100 ℃ for 12 hours under stirring, standing, cooling to room temperature, washing with water, centrifuging to obtain a precipitate, and drying in vacuum at 60 ℃ for 12 hours.
3. Placing the dried sample in the step (2) in a tube furnace in Ar: H2The temperature was raised to 600 ℃ with a 5 ℃/min program under a 3:1 atmosphere, and acetonitrile was bubbled with Ar at a flow rate of 60mL/min at this temperature for 15 min.
4. And (4) mechanically stirring the sample obtained in the step (3) in a 10% hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, treating for 6 hours at normal temperature, washing with water and ethanol respectively, and performing suction filtration until the solution is neutral.
5. And (5) drying the sample obtained in the step (4) at the temperature of 80 ℃ for 12h to obtain the carbon-encapsulated metal cobalt nanoparticles.
The transmission electron microscope of the material shows that the carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel alloy nanoparticles are dispersed on the in-situ generated carbon nanotubes (see fig. 2 a); the carbon layer is a single layer, and the particle size of the metal nano-particles is 4-6nm (shown in figure 2b) as shown by a high-resolution transmission electron microscope; a diffraction peak of the cobalt-nickel alloy appears in an X-ray diffraction spectrum (see figure 7), and the packaged nano particles are cobalt-nickel in an alloy state; the C (002) peak is obvious, which indicates that the material contains a large amount of carbon nanotubes; and the sample is magnetic.
Discussion of the results: in examples 1 to 3, under the premise of other consistent conditions (the baking temperature is 600 ℃, acetonitrile is introduced for 15min), the single-layer carbon-encapsulated metal particle material dispersed on the in-situ generated carbon nanotube can be prepared by modulating the metal species.
Example 4
1. 1.8g of urea, 1.80mmol of cobalt nitrate and 1.80mmol of nickel acetate are dissolved in 100mL of deionized water with stirring until the solution is clear and transparent, 1.8g of silica spheres with a diameter of about 70nm are added, and the mixture is dispersed uniformly by ultrasonic.
2. Placing the dispersed solution of (1) in a round-bottom flask, carrying out reflux treatment at 100 ℃ for 12 hours under stirring, standing, cooling to room temperature, washing with water, centrifuging to obtain a precipitate, and drying in vacuum at 60 ℃ for 12 hours.
3. Placing the dried sample in the step (2) in a tube furnace in Ar: H2The temperature is raised to 700 ℃ by a program of 5 ℃/min under the atmosphere of 3:1, and acetonitrile is bubbled by Ar with the flow rate of 60mL/min under the temperature for 15 min.
4. And (4) mechanically stirring the sample obtained in the step (3) in a 10% hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, treating for 6 hours at normal temperature, washing with water and ethanol respectively, and performing suction filtration until the solution is neutral.
5. And (5) drying the sample obtained in the step (4) at the temperature of 80 ℃ for 12h to obtain the carbon-encapsulated metal cobalt nanoparticles.
The transmission electron microscope of the material shows that the carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel alloy nanoparticles are dispersed on the in-situ generated carbon nanotubes (see fig. 3 a); the carbon layer is a single layer as shown by a high-resolution transmission electron microscope, and the particle size of the metal nano-particles is 4-6nm (shown in figure 3 b); a diffraction peak of the cobalt-nickel alloy appears in an X-ray diffraction spectrum (see figure 7), and the packaged nano particles are cobalt-nickel in an alloy state; and the sample is magnetic.
Example 5
1. 1.8g of urea, 1.80mmol of cobalt nitrate and 1.80mmol of nickel acetate are dissolved in 100mL of deionized water with stirring until the solution is clear and transparent, 1.8g of silica spheres with a diameter of about 70nm are added, and the mixture is dispersed uniformly by ultrasonic.
2. Placing the dispersed solution of (1) in a round-bottom flask, carrying out reflux treatment at 100 ℃ for 12 hours under stirring, standing, cooling to room temperature, washing with water, centrifuging to obtain a precipitate, and drying in vacuum at 60 ℃ for 12 hours.
3. Placing the dried sample in the step (2) in a tube furnace in Ar: H2The temperature is raised to 800 ℃ by a program of 5 ℃/min under the atmosphere of 3:1, and acetonitrile is bubbled by Ar with the flow rate of 60mL/min under the temperature for 15 min.
4. And (4) mechanically stirring the sample obtained in the step (3) in a 10% hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, treating for 6 hours at normal temperature, washing with water and ethanol respectively, and performing suction filtration until the solution is neutral.
5. And (5) drying the sample obtained in the step (4) at the temperature of 80 ℃ for 12h to obtain the carbon-encapsulated metal cobalt nanoparticles.
In the preparation process of the material, firstly, the cobalt-nickel layered hydroxide (CoNi-LDH) is coated on SiO2The surface of the sphere (70nm) was examined by transmission electron microscopy as shown in FIG. 4 a. Then introducing a carbon source at high temperature to obtain carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel metal nanoparticles growing on SiO2A sample of spheres (70nm) was obtained by transmission electron microscopy as shown in FIG. 4 b. The transmission electron microscope of the material finally obtained after acid etching shows that the carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel alloy nanoparticles are gathered together and almost have no carbon nanotube; the high resolution transmission electron microscope (see fig. 4c) shows that the carbon layer is a single layer, and the particle size of the metal nano-particles is 4-6 nm; a diffraction peak of the cobalt-nickel alloy appears in an X-ray diffraction spectrum (see figure 7), and the packaged nano particles are cobalt-nickel in an alloy state; and the sample is magnetic.
Example 6
1. 1.8g of urea, 1.80mmol of cobalt nitrate and 1.80mmol of nickel acetate are dissolved in 100mL of deionized water with stirring until the solution is clear and transparent, 1.8g of silica spheres with a diameter of about 70nm are added, and the mixture is dispersed uniformly by ultrasonic.
2. Placing the dispersed solution of (1) in a round-bottom flask, carrying out reflux treatment at 100 ℃ for 12 hours under stirring, standing, cooling to room temperature, washing with water, centrifuging to obtain a precipitate, and drying in vacuum at 60 ℃ for 12 hours.
3. Placing the dried sample in the step (2) in a tube furnace in Ar: H2The temperature is raised to 900 ℃ by a program of 5 ℃/min under the atmosphere of 3:1, and acetonitrile is bubbled by Ar with the flow rate of 60mL/min under the temperature for 15 min.
4. And (4) mechanically stirring the sample obtained in the step (3) in a 10% hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, treating for 6 hours at normal temperature, washing with water and ethanol respectively, and performing suction filtration until the solution is neutral.
5. And (5) drying the sample obtained in the step (4) at the temperature of 80 ℃ for 12h to obtain the carbon-encapsulated metal cobalt nanoparticles.
The transmission electron microscope of the material shows that the carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel alloy nanoparticles are gathered together and almost have no carbon nano tube; the high-resolution transmission electron microscope shows that the carbon layer is a single layer, and the particle size of the metal nano-particles is 4-6 nm; a diffraction peak of the cobalt-nickel alloy appears in an X-ray diffraction spectrum (see figure 7), and the packaged nano particles are cobalt-nickel in an alloy state; and the sample is magnetic.
Discussion of the results: in examples 3 to 6, under the premise of other consistent conditions (acetonitrile is introduced for 15min), the preparation of single-layer carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel metal can be realized by changing the baking temperature, and the generation amount of carbon nanotubes can be changed. When the roasting temperature is 600 ℃, a large amount of carbon nanotubes are generated; the generation amount of the carbon nano tube is reduced after the carbon nano tube is roasted at 700 ℃; when the roasting temperature reaches 800 ℃ and above, the carbon nano tube is not generated basically.
Example 7
1. 1.8g of urea, 1.80mmol of cobalt nitrate and 1.80mmol of nickel acetate are dissolved in 100mL of deionized water with stirring until the solution is clear and transparent, 1.8g of silica spheres with the diameter of about 150nm are added, and the mixture is dispersed uniformly by ultrasonic.
2. Placing the dispersed solution of (1) in a round-bottom flask, carrying out reflux treatment at 100 ℃ for 12 hours under stirring, standing, cooling to room temperature, washing with water, centrifuging to obtain a precipitate, and drying in vacuum at 60 ℃ for 12 hours.
3. Placing the dried sample in the step (2) in a tube furnace in Ar: H2Is 3:1 atmosphere, the temperature is programmed to 900 ℃ at 5 ℃/min, and acetonitrile is bubbled with Ar at the flow rate of 60mL/min at the temperature for 15 min.
4. And (4) mechanically stirring the sample obtained in the step (3) in a 10% hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, treating for 6 hours at normal temperature, washing with water and ethanol respectively, and performing suction filtration until the solution is neutral.
5. And (5) drying the sample obtained in the step (4) at the temperature of 80 ℃ for 12h to obtain the carbon-encapsulated metal cobalt nanoparticles.
The transmission electron microscope of the material shows that the carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel alloy nanoparticles are gathered together and almost have no carbon nano tube; the high-resolution transmission electron microscope shows that the carbon layer is a single layer, and the particle size of the metal nano-particles is 4-6 nm.
Example 8
1. 1.8g of urea, 1.80mmol of cobalt nitrate and 1.80mmol of nickel acetate are dissolved in 100mL of deionized water with stirring until the solution is clear and transparent, 1.8g of silica spheres with the diameter of about 400nm are added, and the mixture is dispersed uniformly by ultrasonic.
2. Placing the dispersed solution of (1) in a round-bottom flask, carrying out reflux treatment at 100 ℃ for 12 hours under stirring, standing, cooling to room temperature, washing with water, centrifuging to obtain a precipitate, and drying in vacuum at 60 ℃ for 12 hours.
3. Placing the dried sample in the step (2) in a tube furnace in Ar: H2The temperature is raised to 900 ℃ by a program of 5 ℃/min under the atmosphere of 3:1, and acetonitrile is bubbled by Ar with the flow rate of 60mL/min under the temperature for 15 min.
4. And (4) mechanically stirring the sample obtained in the step (3) in a 10% hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, treating for 6 hours at normal temperature, washing with water and ethanol respectively, and performing suction filtration until the solution is neutral.
5. And (5) drying the sample obtained in the step (4) at the temperature of 80 ℃ for 12h to obtain the carbon-encapsulated metal cobalt nanoparticles.
After introducing carbon source at high temperature, transmission electron microscopy (see FIG. 5a) of the sample shows that carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel metal nanoparticles are densely distributed in SiO2No carbon nanotubes were formed on the surface of the spheres (400 nm). The transmission electron microscope of the material after acid etching shows that the carbon-packaged cobalt-nickel alloy nanoparticles are gathered together and almost have no carbon nanotube; high resolution transmission electron microscopy (see FIG. 5b) indicates that the carbon layer is a single layer, metal nano-scaleThe particle size of the particles is 4-6 nm.
Discussion of the results: under the premise of consistent other conditions (acetonitrile is introduced at 900 ℃ and kept for 15min), the nitrogen-doped single-layer carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel alloy material can be prepared by changing the size of the silicon dioxide spheres, and basically no carbon nano tube is generated.
Example 9
1. 1.8g of urea, 1.80mmol of cobalt nitrate and 1.80mmol of nickel acetate are dissolved in 100mL of deionized water with stirring until the solution is clear and transparent, 1.8g of silica spheres with the diameter of about 400nm are added, and the mixture is dispersed uniformly by ultrasonic.
2. Placing the dispersed solution of (1) in a round-bottom flask, carrying out reflux treatment at 100 ℃ for 12 hours under stirring, standing, cooling to room temperature, washing with water, centrifuging to obtain a precipitate, and drying in vacuum at 60 ℃ for 12 hours.
3. Placing the dried sample in the step (2) in a tube furnace in Ar: H2Heating to 900 ℃ with a program of 5 ℃/min under the atmosphere of 3:1, introducing 100mL/min methane at the temperature, and maintaining for 5 min.
4. And (4) mechanically stirring the sample obtained in the step (3) in a 10% hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, treating for 6 hours at normal temperature, washing with water and ethanol respectively, and performing suction filtration until the solution is neutral.
5. And (5) drying the sample obtained in the step (4) at the temperature of 80 ℃ for 12h to obtain the carbon-encapsulated metal cobalt nanoparticles.
After introducing carbon source at high temperature, high resolution transmission electron microscope (see fig. 6a) of the sample shows that carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel metal nanoparticles grow on SiO2No carbon nano tube is generated on the surface of the ball (400nm), the carbon layer is a single layer, and the particle size of the metal nano particle is 4-6 nm.
Example 10
1. 1.8g of urea, 1.80mmol of cobalt nitrate and 1.80mmol of nickel acetate are dissolved in 100mL of deionized water with stirring until the solution is clear and transparent, 1.8g of silica spheres with the diameter of about 400nm are added, and the mixture is dispersed uniformly by ultrasonic.
2. Placing the dispersed solution of (1) in a round-bottom flask, carrying out reflux treatment at 100 ℃ for 12 hours under stirring, standing, cooling to room temperature, washing with water, centrifuging to obtain a precipitate, and drying in vacuum at 60 ℃ for 12 hours.
3. Placing the dried sample in the step (2) in a tube furnace in Ar: H2Heating to 900 ℃ with a program of 5 ℃/min under the atmosphere of 3:1, introducing 100mL/min methane at the temperature, and maintaining for 10 min.
4. And (4) mechanically stirring the sample obtained in the step (3) in a 10% hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, treating for 6 hours at normal temperature, washing with water and ethanol respectively, and performing suction filtration until the solution is neutral.
5. And (5) drying the sample obtained in the step (4) at the temperature of 80 ℃ for 12h to obtain the carbon-encapsulated metal cobalt nanoparticles.
After introducing carbon source at high temperature, high resolution transmission electron microscope (see fig. 6b) of the sample shows that carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel metal nanoparticles grow on SiO2No carbon nano tube is generated on the surface of the ball (400nm), the carbon layer is two layers, and the particle size of the metal nano particle is 4-6 nm.
Example 11
1. 1.8g of urea, 1.80mmol of cobalt nitrate and 1.80mmol of nickel acetate are dissolved in 100mL of deionized water with stirring until the solution is clear and transparent, 1.8g of silica spheres with the diameter of about 400nm are added, and the mixture is dispersed uniformly by ultrasonic.
2. Placing the dispersed solution of (1) in a round-bottom flask, carrying out reflux treatment at 100 ℃ for 12 hours under stirring, standing, cooling to room temperature, washing with water, centrifuging to obtain a precipitate, and drying in vacuum at 60 ℃ for 12 hours.
3. Placing the dried sample in the step (2) in a tube furnace in Ar: H2Heating to 900 ℃ with a program of 5 ℃/min under the atmosphere of 3:1, introducing 100mL/min methane at the temperature, and maintaining for 20 min.
4. And (4) mechanically stirring the sample obtained in the step (3) in a 10% hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, treating for 6 hours at normal temperature, washing with water and ethanol respectively, and performing suction filtration until the solution is neutral.
5. And (5) drying the sample obtained in the step (4) at the temperature of 80 ℃ for 12h to obtain the carbon-encapsulated metal cobalt nanoparticles.
After introducing carbon source at high temperature, high resolution transmission electron microscope (see fig. 6c) of the sample shows that carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel metal nanoparticles grow on SiO2No carbon nanotube is formed on the surface of the sphere (400nm), the carbon layer is two layers, and the metal nanoparticles are arranged on the surfaceThe particle diameter of the particles is 4-6nm, and SiO2The surface of the ball is coated by carbon deposit.
Example 12
1. 1.8g of urea, 1.80mmol of cobalt nitrate and 1.80mmol of nickel acetate are dissolved in 100mL of deionized water with stirring until the solution is clear and transparent, 1.8g of silica spheres with the diameter of about 400nm are added, and the mixture is dispersed uniformly by ultrasonic.
2. Placing the dispersed solution of (1) in a round-bottom flask, carrying out reflux treatment at 100 ℃ for 12 hours under stirring, standing, cooling to room temperature, washing with water, centrifuging to obtain a precipitate, and drying in vacuum at 60 ℃ for 12 hours.
3. Placing the dried sample in the step (2) in a tube furnace in Ar: H2Heating to 900 ℃ with a program of 5 ℃/min under the atmosphere of 3:1, introducing 100mL/min methane at the temperature, and maintaining for 30 min.
4. And (4) mechanically stirring the sample obtained in the step (3) in a 10% hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, treating for 6 hours at normal temperature, washing with water and ethanol respectively, and performing suction filtration until the solution is neutral.
5. And (5) drying the sample obtained in the step (4) at the temperature of 80 ℃ for 12h to obtain the carbon-encapsulated metal cobalt nanoparticles.
After carbon source is introduced at high temperature, the high-resolution transmission electron microscope of the sample shows that the carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel metal nanoparticles grow on SiO2No carbon nanotube is formed on the surface of the sphere (400nm), the carbon layer is two layers, the particle diameter of the metal nano-particles is 4-6nm, and SiO is2Carbon deposit coating exists on the surface of the ball; the transmission electron microscope (see fig. 6d) of the material obtained after acid etching shows that a carbon cage structure of about 400nm is formed, and carbon-packaged cobalt-nickel metal nanoparticles are densely distributed in the material; the sample was magnetic.
Discussion of the results: examples 9-12 the number of carbon layers deposited on the metal surface was controlled by adjusting the time for feeding methane under otherwise identical conditions. The carbon deposition process firstly occurs on the metal surface to form a single-layer carbon packaging metal structure; along with the increase of the methane introducing time, the carbon layer on the metal surface is increased to two layers; the time is further increased, carbon deposition also begins on the surface of the silica spheres, and finally the carbon coats the surface of the silica spheres.
Application example 1
The carbon-encapsulated metal nanoparticles obtained in examples 1 to 3 were used as a catalyst material for oxidation reaction of hydrogen sulfide hydrogen production system by electrocatalytic decomposition, and the influence of cobalt, nickel and cobalt-nickel alloys having the same metal content as different metal centers on the catalytic performance was examined.
1. Building a test system: the testing device is a three-electrode system, the reference electrode is Hg/HgO (1M NaOH solution), the counter electrode is a C rod, the working electrode is a glassy carbon electrode with the diameter of 5mm, and the electrolyte is 1M NaOH and 1M Na2And (5) preparing an S solution. And in the test process, a gas bubbling device is adopted to carry out Ar saturation on the electrolyte. The working electrode was subjected to a series of cleaning processes including Al prior to testing2O3Polishing, washing with absolute ethyl alcohol and deionized water, and the like. Preparation of a working electrode: adding 5mg of catalyst sample into 2mL of absolute ethyl alcohol, performing ultrasonic dispersion for 5min, adding 50 mu L of 5% Nafion/isopropanol solution, performing ultrasonic dispersion for 20min to obtain catalyst slurry, dropwise adding 25 mu L of the slurry onto a glassy carbon electrode, and naturally drying to be tested, wherein the loading capacity of the catalyst is 0.32mg/cm2。
2. The catalytic performance evaluation method comprises the following steps: the temperature of the electrolytic cell is maintained at 25 ℃, and the oxidation S of the catalyst is tested through a polarization curve2-The capacity of (c) is compared with the potential required for the catalyst when a certain oxidation current density is reached.
3. Compared with the material of carbon-encapsulated single-metal cobalt or nickel nanoparticles, the carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel alloy nanoparticles have lower overpotential, and the oxidation current density of the carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel alloy nanoparticles reaches 61mA/cm at the same potential of 0.45V vs2And the carbon-encapsulated cobalt nanoparticles were 27mA/cm2The carbon-encapsulated nickel nanoparticles are 50mA/cm2(see FIG. 8). Therefore, the catalytic activity of the catalyst in the hydrogen production reaction of hydrogen sulfide through electrocatalytic oxidation can be effectively improved by properly adjusting the types and alloys of the carbon-encapsulated metal nanoparticles.
Application example 2
The carbon-encapsulated metal nanoparticles obtained in examples 3 to 6 were used as a catalyst material for the oxidation reaction of a hydrogen production system by electrocatalytic decomposition of hydrogen sulfide, and the influence of different calcination temperatures on the catalytic performance of the carbon-encapsulated metal nanoparticle catalyst material was examined.
1. Building a test system: the testing device is a three-electrode system, the reference electrode is Hg/HgO (1M NaOH solution), the counter electrode is a C rod, the working electrode is a glassy carbon electrode with the diameter of 5mm, and the electrolyte is 1M NaOH and 1M Na2And (5) preparing an S solution. And in the test process, a gas bubbling device is adopted to carry out Ar saturation on the electrolyte. The working electrode was subjected to a series of cleaning processes including Al prior to testing2O3Polishing, washing with absolute ethyl alcohol and deionized water, and the like. Preparation of a working electrode: adding 5mg of catalyst sample into 2mL of absolute ethyl alcohol, performing ultrasonic dispersion for 5min, adding 50 mu L of 5% Nafion/isopropanol solution, performing ultrasonic dispersion for 20min to obtain catalyst slurry, dropwise adding 25 mu L of the slurry onto a glassy carbon electrode, and naturally drying to be tested, wherein the loading capacity of the catalyst is 0.32mg/cm2。
2. The catalytic performance evaluation method comprises the following steps: the temperature of the electrolytic cell is maintained at 25 ℃, and the oxidation S of the catalyst is tested through a polarization curve2-The capacity of (c) is compared with the potential required for the catalyst when a certain oxidation current density is reached.
3. Compared with the material prepared by roasting at higher temperature, the carbon-encapsulated cobalt-nickel alloy nano material prepared by roasting at 600 ℃ has lower overpotential, 0.5V vs. RHE under the same potential, and the oxidation current density of the material obtained by roasting at 600 ℃ reaches 87mA/cm2The oxidation current densities of materials prepared by roasting at 700,800 and 900 ℃ are 71,6 and 10mA/cm respectively along with the rise of the roasting temperature2(see FIG. 9). The TEM characterization of the combined material shows that the material prepared by roasting at 800 ℃ basically has no generation of carbon nanotubes, so that the in-situ generated carbon nanotubes are presumed to have great influence on the conductivity of the catalyst, and the existence of the carbon nanotubes can effectively improve the conductivity of the material so as to improve the catalytic performance of the material. Therefore, the roasting preparation temperature of the carbon-encapsulated metal nanoparticles is properly adjusted, the morphology of the material can be effectively changed, and the catalytic activity of the catalyst in the hydrogen production reaction of the electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrogen sulfide is further influenced.